UK Landlord Forum / Life

It's been all over the news tonight.

Two computer discs holding the personal details of all families in the UK. The oh-so "vital" discs were being delivered to auditors through a standard mailing service, unrecorded delivery....errr...I don't know what to say about that, to be honest.

The Child Benefit data on them includes name, address, date of birth, National Insurance number and, where relevant, bank details of 25 million people.

Chancellor Alistair Darling said there was no evidence the data had gone to criminals - but urged people to monitor bank accounts "for unusual activity".

The Conservatives described the incident as a "catastrophic" failure.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7103566.stm


Be sure to check your statements for irregular activity, people.

Its nice to know that we can be carried around in a postage envolope.  This is how much we are worth people.